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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

23rd May 2018 10:46

RNS Number : 0281P

Societe Generale SA

23 May 2018

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Sky Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	22/05/2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	84,411,920	4.91	97,767	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	568,509	0.03	71,584,365	4.16
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	84,980,429	4.94	71,682,132	4.17

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	307	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	474	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	240	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	241	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	204	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	161	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	191	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	293	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	240	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	246	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	688	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	380	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	470	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,052	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	962	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	277	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	800	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	305	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	277	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	310	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	746	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	226	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	728	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	240	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	120	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	120	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	316	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	305	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	175	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	480	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	177	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	409	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	381	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	892	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	120	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	252	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	48	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	201	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	56	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	142	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	198	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	1,202	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	2,003	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	4,007	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	194	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	27	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	360	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	220	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	178	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	565	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	524	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	422	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	69	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	182	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	513	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	358	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	426	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	120	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	89	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	79	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	589	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	553	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	276	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	453	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	338	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	293	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	311	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	131	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	184	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	226	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	755	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	327	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	11	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	733	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	148	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	244	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	291	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	502	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	641	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	240	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	712	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	560	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	824	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	332	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	601	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,215	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.615
Ordinary	Purchase	580	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	28	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	416	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	401	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	601	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	800	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	79	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	750	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	1,087	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	654	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	458	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	410	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,355	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	747	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.61
Ordinary	Purchase	271	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	271	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	653	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	436	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	813	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	441	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	332	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	399	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	127	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	499	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	88	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	106	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	134	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	187	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	390	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	75,000	13.63984544
Ordinary	Purchase	30,000	13.54976014
Ordinary	Sale	425	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	801	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	401	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	801	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	732	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	8,401	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	368	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	460	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	426	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	360	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	357	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	388	13.63
	Total Purchases	167,917
	Total Sales	15,856

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	75,000	13.63984544
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	30,000	13.54976014
Ordinary	Equity linked swap	Increasing a short position	5,000,000	13.635

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit GBP

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable) GBP

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	23/05/2018
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

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